| Secret ingredients.... 18:39 - Oct 12 with 5387 views | Bloots |
....I just made a Bolognese sauce to go with some linguini I'm cooking later.
Secret ingredient? Branston* pickle, a massive dollop of it.
Lovely stuff.
*other pickles are available.
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| This is the type of content we need. (n/t) on 20:41 - Oct 12 with 2155 views | DanTheMan |
| This is the type of content we need. (n/t) on 20:37 - Oct 12 by Bloots |
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Would you believe it comes from a professional chef? I thought it was equally as bonkers until I tried it. |  |
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| I cooked some chicken livers today.... on 20:52 - Oct 12 with 2128 views | Bloots |
| Secret ingredients.... on 20:41 - Oct 12 by DanTheMan |
I keep forgetting things, chicken livers if you can get hold of them.
Turn those into a paste and drop that in.
Near the end of cooking, add some fish sauce.
I'm not going to pretend this is my own recipe, but it's bloody good. |
....my dog loves them. | |
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| I cooked some chicken livers today.... on 20:56 - Oct 12 with 2118 views | DanTheMan |
| I cooked some chicken livers today.... on 20:52 - Oct 12 by Bloots |
....my dog loves them. |
That ingredient is the traditional one! | |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 21:11 - Oct 12 with 2103 views | GeoffSentence |
| Secret ingredients.... on 19:50 - Oct 12 by Daninthecampo |
Yes true but the acidity comes from the tomatoes hence why alot of sauces/ chefs add some sugar to cut through the acidity |
Not needed in an authentic bolognese, the milk reduces the acidity of the tomatoes. |  |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 21:12 - Oct 12 with 2103 views | GeoffSentence |
that's worse than putting a pineapple on pizza. what you have there is no longer a bolognese sauce. | |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 21:14 - Oct 12 with 2100 views | thatbdude |
Speaking of Bolognese have any of you tried it with Chillis? It's actually decent tbf [Post edited 12 Oct 2023 21:17]
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| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 21:17 - Oct 12 with 2086 views | Bloots |
| Secret ingredients.... on 21:12 - Oct 12 by GeoffSentence |
that's worse than putting a pineapple on pizza. what you have there is no longer a bolognese sauce. |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 21:18 - Oct 12 with 2076 views | Coastalblue |
| Secret ingredients.... on 21:14 - Oct 12 by thatbdude |
Speaking of Bolognese have any of you tried it with Chillis? It's actually decent tbf [Post edited 12 Oct 2023 21:17]
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Can rarely go wrong with tomatoe and chilli. I quite often add some chilli into tomatoe based dishes, not always to add heat but can add a bit more depth.
The biggest thing of all though is to use home grown tomatoes and create sauces from them, it's like a massive leg up from the word go on the taste stakes. |  |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 21:19 - Oct 12 with 2076 views | bazza |
| Secret ingredients.... on 21:12 - Oct 12 by GeoffSentence |
that's worse than putting a pineapple on pizza. what you have there is no longer a bolognese sauce. |
I only put pineapple slices on mine.. must be a right pain getting it in the oven with a whole one on.. |  | | |
| Secret ingredients.... on 21:19 - Oct 12 with 2075 views | DeepBlueSea |
| Secret ingredients.... on 19:10 - Oct 12 by Daninthecampo |
That makes sense though, marmite adds a salty umami taste so would be great on roasties |
A little bit of marmite (or bovril) can really transform a dish, good call.
Although make sure you give it enough time to mix in first. It’s a lesson I’ve learnt the hard way. |  | | |
| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 21:21 - Oct 12 with 2070 views | GeoffSentence |
| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 21:17 - Oct 12 by Bloots |
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Pah! Go to Bologna and tell them that's a bolognese sauce. If the man from Bologna says yes, I will accept your variant. Until then, I'd rather open my bowels. | |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 21:25 - Oct 12 with 2065 views | Daninthecampo |
| Secret ingredients.... on 21:11 - Oct 12 by GeoffSentence |
Not needed in an authentic bolognese, the milk reduces the acidity of the tomatoes. |
Very few people know or use milk though and use sugar especially the prebought sauces as people prefer the sweeter taste | | | |
| Secret ingredients.... on 21:55 - Oct 12 with 2006 views | gtsb1966 |
| Secret ingredients.... on 19:54 - Oct 12 by GavTWTD |
Do you like marmite? |
Yes. ...but not twiglets even though some say they taste like marmite. Twiglets are disgusting. [Post edited 12 Oct 2023 21:56]
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| Secret ingredients.... on 22:34 - Oct 12 with 1960 views | blueasfook |
A dash of Worcester sauce goes well in bolognese. Or does everyone do that? |  |
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| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 10:17 - Oct 13 with 1859 views | jayessess |
| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 21:21 - Oct 12 by GeoffSentence |
Pah! Go to Bologna and tell them that's a bolognese sauce. If the man from Bologna says yes, I will accept your variant. Until then, I'd rather open my bowels. |
Some Italians can be terrible authentocrats about food. But food is invention, you can't preserve these things in aspic!
How would you get to Ragu alla Bolognese, if some innovative 18th Century cook hadn't decided he fancied messing with the French classic Ragout?! [Post edited 13 Oct 2023 11:09]
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| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 10:56 - Oct 13 with 1816 views | DanTheMan |
| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 10:17 - Oct 13 by jayessess |
Some Italians can be terrible authentocrats about food. But food is invention, you can't preserve these things in aspic!
How would you get to Ragu alla Bolognese, if some innovative 18th Century cook hadn't decided he fancied messing with the French classic Ragout?! [Post edited 13 Oct 2023 11:09]
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100% agree, although I get the feeling they were being a bit facetious.
But a lot of people do get upset about it whereas I find a lot of the joy in cooking is experimenting. | |
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| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 11:02 - Oct 13 with 1791 views | jayessess |
| Open your mind, dude. (n/t) on 10:56 - Oct 13 by DanTheMan |
100% agree, although I get the feeling they were being a bit facetious.
But a lot of people do get upset about it whereas I find a lot of the joy in cooking is experimenting. |
I was too, tbf.
But I'm also sort of fascinated by the whole "Italians outraged at food" thing. A food culture with almost infinite variety and now with this international stereotype as the most pedantic and closed off food culture in the world!
(I sometimes wonder if Italians like it? Navigating the world as the people who lose their sh1t if you add an ingredient they disapprove of to pizza?) [Post edited 13 Oct 2023 11:08]
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| Secret ingredients.... on 11:10 - Oct 13 with 1767 views | Ryorry |
| Secret ingredients.... on 19:05 - Oct 12 by gtsb1966 |
I'd never eaten roast potatoes thinking they need basting with marmite until a mate told me about it last month. A spoonful of marmite diluted with boiling water then brushed on the spuds for the last 15 mins of cooking. Beautiful. |
You were lucky to get away without a banning there! [Post edited 13 Oct 2023 11:15]
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| Secret ingredients.... on 11:14 - Oct 13 with 1751 views | J2BLUE |
| Secret ingredients.... on 11:10 - Oct 13 by Ryorry |
You were lucky to get away without a banning there! [Post edited 13 Oct 2023 11:15]
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He did see it.
Ban imminent. |  |
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| Secret ingredients.... on 11:16 - Oct 13 with 1747 views | Ryorry |
| Secret ingredients.... on 11:14 - Oct 13 by J2BLUE |
He did see it.
Ban imminent. |
Yeah, saw that and corrected! | |
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| You're a lover, not a cooker. (n/t) on 19:06 - Oct 13 with 1667 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| You're a lover, not a cooker. (n/t) on 19:20 - Oct 12 by Bloots |
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Keno just copied and pasted his Bumble profile. | | | |
| Secret ingredients.... on 19:38 - Oct 13 with 1661 views | MK1 |
Plop an egg into the middle of it and let it poach in the sauce. Wonderful. |  |
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